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Ray Patterson was an American animator and animation director whose career spanned the Golden Age of American animation and the rise of television cartoons. He worked for MGM, contributing to the iconic "Tom and Jerry" theatrical shorts, before later moving to the Hanna-Barbera studio. At Hanna-Barb...
Why this score
Solid MGM and Hanna-Barbera craft credits, but consensus recognition remains below the main Tom and Jerry directors.
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Party Girl is a 1958 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, set against the backdrop of 1930s Chicago. The film stars Robert Taylor as Tommy Farrell, a sharp lawyer working for a mob syndicate, and Cyd Charisse as a nightclub dancer seeking to reform him. Lee J. Cobb plays the ruthless crime b...
Ralph E. Winters was an American film editor who worked for decades at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He received multiple Academy Award nominations and won the Oscar for Best Film Editing for 'Ben-Hur' (1959), shared with John D. Dunning. His credits include 'Quo Vadis' (1951) and 'A Fish Called Wanda' (1988...
"Mystery Street" is a 1950 American film noir directed by John Sturges and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Ricardo Montalban as a police detective investigating a murder in Boston, working alongside a Harvard forensic expert to solve the case. It is distinguished as one of the earlie...
Michael Lah was an American animator and director who worked extensively at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) during the golden age of American animation. He contributed to the classic 'Tom and Jerry' theatrical shorts and directed several entries in the 'Barney Bear' cartoon series. Lah later worked at Han...
Why this score
Notable MGM animator and director with Tom and Jerry ties, but fewer canonical works under his own name.
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"For Me and My Gal" is a 1942 MGM musical film directed by Busby Berkeley. It is historically significant as the cinematic debut of legendary performer Gene Kelly, who stars alongside Judy Garland. The story follows two vaudeville performers who fall in love and must navigate their careers and relat...
Experience Gloria Gaynor is a studio album by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in 1975 on the MGM Records label. Serving as her second major album, it followed her breakout success in the disco genre and continued her trend of extending dance tracks to fill the sides of vinyl records. The alb...
Why this score
Credible follow-up with strong vocals and club appeal, but fewer landmark recordings and mixed album-level reputation.
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Preston Blair was an American animator whose career spanned several major studios, including Walt Disney Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Hanna-Barbera. At Disney, he animated the dancing hippos in the "Dance of the Hours" sequence of Fantasia (1940). During his time at MGM, he animated the cha...
Adrienne Fazan was an American film editor prominent during the golden age of Hollywood, primarily working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). She frequently collaborated with director Vincente Minnelli on acclaimed musicals and dramas, including "An American in Paris" (1951) and "The Bad and the Beautifu...
High Wall is a 1947 American psychological film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The plot follows a World War II veteran, played by Robert Taylor, who suffers from traumatic brain injury-induced amnesia and is accused of murdering his wife. During his institutio...
Cause for Alarm! is a 1951 American suspense film directed by Tay Garnett and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Loretta Young plays a wife whose dangerously jealous and bedridden husband writes a letter accusing her of plotting his death, then dies after the letter has entered the postal system. Much...
Rogue Cop is a 1954 American film noir directed by Roy Rowland for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Taylor plays police detective Christopher Kelvaney, who is involved with a criminal organization and faces a crisis when his brother, also a policeman, becomes entangled with the case. The screenplay by Sy...
Kill Me Again is a 1989 American neo-noir crime film directed by John Dahl and starring Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley. Kilmer plays private investigator Jack Andrews, who agrees to help a woman stage her death and then becomes involved in a dangerous scheme involving stolen money and pursuit. The fi...
Hollywood Party is a 1934 American musical comedy film produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jimmy Durante leads the cast, with appearances by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, while Walt Disney supplied a Mickey Mouse sequence that leads into the color animated segment The Hot Choc-late Soldier...
Why this score
Cult curiosity with remarkable stars and isolated comic highlights, but chaotic construction and inconsistency remain widely noted.
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House of Numbers is a 1957 American film noir directed by Russell Rouse and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jack Palance plays twin brothers in a plot involving a prison escape from San Quentin and an attempt to use their resemblance to deceive other people. The film was adapted from Jack Finney's...
